Skagit Weather Posted April 1, 2022 Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 5 hours ago, TacomaWaWx said: Interesting that your location ended up wetter than normal this month unlike here…yet are below normal for the year while we’re above normal here. I find these precipitation maps pretty cool to look at…looks like I’m right on the border of below and above normal rainfall for March. Yeah, I always like to look at them at the end of the month to get an overall sense of the climate of the region. Of course they have their flaws as well. They are based on individual stations I believe which then are extrapolated out to cover the rest of the map. That can of course lead to super anomalous maps when a single station is incorrectly reporting (or gets hit with a very localized heavy rain event). In terms of precipitation, we're technically still ahead of normal on the water year because of how wet November was, but honestly other than Whatcom county the precipitation has done a pretty good job of evenly coating all of Western Washington even though some months have been more anomalous than others in different regions. 3 Quote Home Wx Station Stats (Since January 2008): Max Temp: 96.3F (2009) Min Temp: 2.0F (2008) Max Wind Gust: 45 mph (2018, 2021) Wettest Day: 2.34 (11/4/22) Avg Yearly Precip: 37" 10yr Avg Snow: 7.3" Snowfall Totals '08-09: 30" | '09-10: 0.5" | '10-11: 21" | '11-12: 9.5" | '12-13: 0.2" | '13-14: 6.2" | '14-15: 0.0" | '15-16: 0.25"| '16-17: 8.0" | '17-18: 0.9"| '18-19: 11.5" | '19-20: 11" | '20-21: 10.5" | '21-22: 21.75" 2022-23: 10" (12/18: 0.75", 12/19: 2.5", 12/20: 6", 1/31: 0.25", 2/28: 0.5"; Trace: 11/7, 12/2, 12/21; Flakes: 11/29, 11/30, 12/1, 2/26) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatyorologist Posted April 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 1 hour ago, DJ Droppin said: La Nina returns in April! C'MON!!!! 00z GFS 10 Day Rainfall, Snowfall totals. Last year we had ice pellets in April. Can we get accumulating snow this year?? #2008ing 1 Quote Weather stats for MBY Snowfall: -Total snowfall since joining: 50" -2018-19: 21" -2019-20: 2.5" -2020-21: 13" -2021-22: 8.75" -2022-23: 5.75" -Most recent snowfall: 1”; February 26th, 2023 -Largest snowfall (single storm): 8.5"; February 12-13, 2021 -Largest snow depth: 14"; 1:30am February 12th, 2019 Temperatures: -Warmest: 109F; June 28th, 2021 -Coldest: 13F; December 27th, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatyorologist Posted April 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 51 minutes ago, Skagit Weather said: Yeah, I always like to look at them at the end of the month to get an overall sense of the climate of the region. Of course they have their flaws as well. They are based on individual stations I believe which then are extrapolated out to cover the rest of the map. That can of course lead to super anomalous maps when a single station is incorrectly reporting (or gets hit with a very localized heavy rain event). In terms of precipitation, we're technically still ahead of normal on the water year because of how wet November was, but honestly other than Whatcom county the precipitation has done a pretty good job of evenly coating all of Western Washington even though some months have been more anomalous than others in different regions. I've also found that these maps badly render actual base "normal" precipitation. Sometimes they'll represent "dry" areas where there is natural downsloping, and vice versa for upsloping areas. For instance, is Sequim really as anomalously dry as depicted in this graphic, or does the map simply misestimate that region's relatively dry climate; blending in the wetter normals of the rest of western Washington? Same goes for the Forks area and the cascade foothills, on the wet end of the spectrum. Taken literally this map would depict a wet season with a tighter than usual gradient between mountain precip and sound precip. 1 Quote Weather stats for MBY Snowfall: -Total snowfall since joining: 50" -2018-19: 21" -2019-20: 2.5" -2020-21: 13" -2021-22: 8.75" -2022-23: 5.75" -Most recent snowfall: 1”; February 26th, 2023 -Largest snowfall (single storm): 8.5"; February 12-13, 2021 -Largest snow depth: 14"; 1:30am February 12th, 2019 Temperatures: -Warmest: 109F; June 28th, 2021 -Coldest: 13F; December 27th, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacomaWaWx Posted April 1, 2022 Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said: I've also found that these maps badly render actual base "normal" precipitation. Sometimes they'll represent "dry" areas where there is natural downsloping, and vice versa for upsloping areas. For instance, is Sequim really as anomalously dry as depicted in this graphic, or does the map simply misestimate that region's relatively dry climate; blending in the wetter normals of the rest of western Washington? Same goes for the Forks area and the cascade foothills, on the wet end of the spectrum. Taken literally this map would depict a wet season with a tighter than usual gradient between mountain precip and sound precip. They’re definitely not 100% accurate. It’s a broad brush especially considering how many microclimates are in western WA but still can paint a decent picture. 2 Quote Tacoma WA elevation 300’ Monthly rainfall-3.56” Warm season rainfall-11.14” Max temp-88 +80 highs-2 +85 highs-2 +90 highs-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacomaWaWx Posted April 1, 2022 Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 Well nobody started a new April thread from what I saw so I started one. 2 Quote Tacoma WA elevation 300’ Monthly rainfall-3.56” Warm season rainfall-11.14” Max temp-88 +80 highs-2 +85 highs-2 +90 highs-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skagit Weather Posted April 1, 2022 Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 10 minutes ago, Meatyorologist said: I've also found that these maps badly render actual base "normal" precipitation. Sometimes they'll represent "dry" areas where there is natural downsloping, and vice versa for upsloping areas. For instance, is Sequim really as anomalously dry as depicted in this graphic, or does the map simply misestimate that region's relatively dry climate; blending in the wetter normals of the rest of western Washington? Same goes for the Forks area and the cascade foothills, on the wet end of the spectrum. Taken literally this map would depict a wet season with a tighter than usual gradient between mountain precip and sound precip. Yeah, you're right. According to ACIS Sequim is 122% of normal on the water year so definitely not below normal. Maybe for precipitation the PRISM estimates are slightly more accurate although they have their own problems as well probably. 2 Quote Home Wx Station Stats (Since January 2008): Max Temp: 96.3F (2009) Min Temp: 2.0F (2008) Max Wind Gust: 45 mph (2018, 2021) Wettest Day: 2.34 (11/4/22) Avg Yearly Precip: 37" 10yr Avg Snow: 7.3" Snowfall Totals '08-09: 30" | '09-10: 0.5" | '10-11: 21" | '11-12: 9.5" | '12-13: 0.2" | '13-14: 6.2" | '14-15: 0.0" | '15-16: 0.25"| '16-17: 8.0" | '17-18: 0.9"| '18-19: 11.5" | '19-20: 11" | '20-21: 10.5" | '21-22: 21.75" 2022-23: 10" (12/18: 0.75", 12/19: 2.5", 12/20: 6", 1/31: 0.25", 2/28: 0.5"; Trace: 11/7, 12/2, 12/21; Flakes: 11/29, 11/30, 12/1, 2/26) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerWoodsLibido Posted April 1, 2022 Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 36F and partly cloudy. 1 1 Quote Springfield, Oregon regular season 22-23 Stats: Coldest high: 31F (Dec 22, 2022) Coldest low: 16F (Jan 30, 2023) Days with below freezing temps: 60 (Most recent: Mar 27, 2023) Days with sub-40F highs: 5 (Most recent: Jan 30, 2023) Total snowfall: 1.2" Last accumulating snowfall: Mar 5, 2023 Last sub-freezing high: Dec 22, 2022 (31F) Last White Christmas: 1990 Significant wind events (gusts 45+): 0 Personal Stats: Last accumulating snowfall: Mar 5, 2023 Last sub-freezing high: Dec 22, 2022 (31F) Last White Christmas: 2008 Total snowfall since joining TheWeatherForums: 42.0" Sub-freezing highs since joining TheWeatherForums: 1 Venmo GoFundMe "College Basketball vs Epilepsy": gf.me/u/zk3pj2 My Twitter @CBBjerseys4hope 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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